For one thing, life can not be a plain sailing and everything goes well. Therefore, we have to have the ability to deal with various situations especially the adverse situation.

一方面，生活不可能都是一帆风顺、事事顺意，因此，我们必须要培养自己应对各种情况的能力，特别面对逆境的能力。

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